X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fvpp_performance_tests%2Fcsit_release_notes.rst;h=7a8bf9bf5bbc2f8bf440f1511a4d946f12b099b5;hp=b4fc9de3c93aa4da1512ca6b6e3e1a9bfbbc76cc;hb=f99ce0d330567ef331f6622559e4561485378f5f;hpb=f6c04897464c868c034237729bfe738a95d43b25 diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index b4fc9de3c9..7a8bf9bf5b 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -1,230 +1,86 @@ -CSIT Release Notes -================== - -Changes in CSIT |release| -------------------------- - -#. VPP performance test environment changes - - - Further optimizations of VM and vhost-user test environment - Qemu virtio - queue size increased from default value of 256 to 1024. - - Addition of HW cryptodev devices - Intel QAT 8950 50G - in all three - LF FD.io physical testbeds. - -#. VPP performance test framework changes - - - Added VAT command history collection for every test case as part of teardown. - -#. Added VPP performance tests - - - **CGNAT** - - - Carrier Grade Network Address Translation tests with varying number - of users and ports per user: 1u-15p, 10u-15p, 100u-15p, 1000u-15p, - 2000u-15p, 4000u-15p - with Intel x520 NIC. - - - **vhost-user tests with one VM** - - - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x710 NIC, Intel x520 NIC, - Intel xl710 NIC. - - VXLAN and L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC. - - - **vhost-user tests with two VMs service chain** - - - L2 cross-connect switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC. - - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC. - - IPv4 routed-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC. - - - **IPSec encryption with** - - - AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination with IPv4 routed-forwarding - with Intel xl710 NIC. - - CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination with LISP-GPE overlay tunneling for - IPv4-over-IPv4 with Intel xl710 NIC. - -Performance Improvements ------------------------- - -Some performance improvements in measured packet throughput have been observed -in a number of CSIT |release| tests listed below. Relative improvements are -calculated against the test results in CSIT rls1701 report. VPP-16.09 and -VPP-17.01 numbers are provided for reference. - -NDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: - -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04 | -| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Relative Change | -+===================+=================================================================+============+===========+===========+=================+ -| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.4 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC | 10ge2p1xl710: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.5 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 2% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 5% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 5% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 14% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc | 7.8 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 4% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 26% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 7.1 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 8% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 19% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrdisc | 3.0 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 11% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ - -PDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: - -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04 | -| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Relative Change | -+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+ -| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 9.4 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 8% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 5% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc | 7.8 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 5% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 10% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 11% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 19% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-pdrdisc | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 11% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ - -Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in -`VPP-17.04 release notes -`_. - -Additionally, vhost-VM performance improvements are due to both VPP code -optimizations as well as due to the FD.io CSIT Linux KVM test environment -optimizations for vhost-VM tests - see section "2.1.7. Methodology: KVM VM -vhost". - - -Other Performance Changes -------------------------- - -Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative -increase or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests -listed below. Relative changes are calculated against the test results in CSIT -rls1701 report. - -NDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: - -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04 | -| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Relative Change | -+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+ -| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 4% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 4% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 15% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 13% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrdisc | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrdisc | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 10% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 13% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ - -PDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: - -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04 | -| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Relative Change | -+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+ -| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-pdrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-pdrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-pdrdisc | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 2% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 15% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 13% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-pdrdisc | 6.9 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-pdrdisc | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-pdrdisc | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 10% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 13% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ - -Known Issues ------------- - -Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests: - -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| # | Issue | Jira ID | Description | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 1 | NDR discovery test failures 1518B frame size | VPP-663 | VPP reporting errors: dpdk-input Rx ip checksum errors. | -| | for ip4scale200k, ip4scale2m scale IPv4 routed- | | Observed frequency: all test runs. | -| | forwarding tests. ip4scale20k tests are fine. | | | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | VAT API timeouts during ip6scale2m scale IPv6 | VPP-712 | Needs fixing VPP VAT API timeouts for large volume of IPv6 | -| | routed-forwarding tests when volume adding IPv6 | | routes. | -| | routes - 2M in this case. ip6scale2kk works. | | | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 3 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 low performance | VPP-664 | Low NDR performance. | -| | | | | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 4 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520 | CSIT-750 | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF | -| | | | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF. | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 5 | VPP in 2t2c setups - large variation | CSIT-568 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR | -| | of discovered NDR throughput values across | | throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs, x520 NICs are fine. | -| | multiple test runs with xl710 and x710 NICs. | | | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 6 | Lower than expected NDR and PDR throughput with | CSIT-569 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR and | -| | xl710 and x710 NICs, compared to x520 NICs. | | PDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs. | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ - +Release Notes +============= + +Changes in |csit-release| +------------------------- + +#. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS + + - **Service density 2n-skx tests**: Added higher NF density tests with two + NFs' data-plane threads sharing a physical core. VPP IPv4 routing is now + used as a VNF payload similar to CNF tests. + + - **Soak Tests**: Optimized performamce soak tests framework + code for extended time duration tests and throughput discovery + at given PLR and at give total test time e.g. minutes, hours, + days, weeks. See updated + :ref:`test_methodology` section for more details. + +#. TEST FRAMEWORK + + - **Qemu code refactor**: Complete code refactor of the key components of + QemuUtil.py and QemuManager.py (L1 and L2 KW counterparts). Added + implementation of kernel-image-kvm based VM replacing the previously used + NestedVM images. Added ability to run VPP as a payload in VNF. + + - **CSIT PAPI Support**: Continued conversion of CSIT VAT L1 keywords to + PAPI L1 KWs in CSIT using VPP Python bindings. Redesign of key components + of PAPI Executor and PAPI history. + + - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing RF keywords optimizations, + removal of redundant RF keywords. + + - **Test suite generator**: Added capability to generate suites for + different NIC models as well as throughput search algorithm types. Uses + base tests suites as source. + + - **TOX verification**: Added verifications for test suite generator. + +#. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER + + - **Graphs Layout Improvements**: Improved performance graphs layout + for better readibility and maintenance: test grouping, axis + labels, descriptions, other informative decoration. + +.. + #. MISCELLANEOUS + + - **2n-dnv Tests (3rd Party)**: Published performance tests for 2n- + dnv (2-Node Atom Denverton) from 3rd party testbeds running FD.io + |csit-release| automated testing code. + Only graphs for Packet Throughput and Speedup Multi-core and not + for Packet Latency were published as there are no results for Packet + Latency available. + +.. raw:: latex + + \clearpage + +.. _vpp_known_issues: + +Known Issues +------------ + +List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests: + ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| # | JiraID | Issue Description | ++====+=========================================+==========================================================================================================+ +| 1 | `CSIT-570 | Sporadic (1 in 200) NDR discovery test failures on x520. DPDK reporting rx-errors, indicating L1 issue. | +| | `_ | Suspected issue with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed outside of LF testbeds. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 2 | `CSIT-1503 | [`TRex-519 `_] XL710/XXV710 with FW 6.0.1 will have | +| | `_ | Rx drop rate of 27MPPS. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 3 | `CSIT-1501 | Sporadic crypto backend fails loading `VPP-1670 `_ | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 4 | `CSIT-1427 | Sporadic HW aes-128-cbc-sha1 tunnel-interface tests are failing. | +| | `_ | `VPP-1671 `_ | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 5 | `CSIT-1498 | Memif tests are sporadically failing on initialization of memif connection. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 6 | `CSIT-1499 | AVF tests are sporadically failing on initialization of AVF interface. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+